XIII Recent Special Assignments In addition to performing such specialized missions as had become routine with nuclear detonations, it, became a primary and continuing mission of the sampling aircraft and crews to conduct daily surveillance along the periphery of the Asiatic mainland; a weekly schedule of gaseous and particulate samples from four separate latitudinal areas of the earth; and readiness for immediate deployment of a force capability to any | accessible region of the globe for intensified maximum collection of nuclear gamples or debris connected with foreign nuclear detonations.*~ Plans for the world-wide sampling program were drawn up jointly by representatives | from the Air Force Technical Applications Center, Strategic Air Command, Air Research and Development Command, Alaskan Air Command, the Pacific Area Command, Air Materiel Command, Military Air Transport Service, and the Air Weather Service. Authority for the Ad Hoc Committee directed: Review problem areas and make recommendations to the Air Staff on the best ways and means to implement an expanded program in response to new and expanded requirements from Air Force Technical Applications Center.>? Resources available for implementing the expanded program consisted of eight RB-57B and two B-57C aircraft from the Air Force Special Weapons Center; six RB-S7A aircraft assigned to Pacific Area Command, Air Forces four B-57 aircraft of the Alaskan Air Command; and eighteen WB-50 aircraft assigned to the Air Weather Service, Altogether 17 officers, 760 airmen and 9 civilian specialists were available for accomplishment of the program? 280 SWEH-2-003); -